Just a reminder, the Massachusetts State Archives has allowed release of Amended Records up to 1900. Those will be coming to the NEHGS website reasonably soon. If you need an amended record 1901 or later, you should contact the town that holds the original record for the information. It is going to be awhile (think five to ten years), before the next bunch are released, as the archives does this in five year increments. I would also suggest you do a couple of other things, particularly if it is a birth. First, look for an un-named child with the correct or similar surname born in the right year and town. I would check each of those. I'm not sure how often, but a percentage of the time, the birth was recorded, but no first name was given. Often, but not always, you will see "Corrected" listed over the top of it. Second, even if the database shows the entry as an amended record, call up the specific page number, year, and town (leaving off volume and name information) for the entry to see what else shows up. If there are a bunch of entries and all show Amended Record, then good chances are it is an amended record. But, if other entries with a full volume number show up, then check the available images to see if your entry is there. That does happen and I just fixed one of these yesterday. Sometimes there was a scanning error and a digit was dropped, making the record look like an amended record, but it wasn't. What you will notice about the amended records are the pages numbers go up by year. For example, if you were to check Chilmark entries for volume 1, with years going from 1844-1910, you can see the pattern. A reminder, volume 8 1845 to 1897 are for Boston amended birth, marriage, and death records. Third, go ahead and email me to check the index. I will check the index to see what was recorded there. It may still be an amended record, but the surname or given name may be different as well as the page number. I've been finding a number of errors in the database as I call up amended record volumes to mark them as connected. Quite common is to see two surnames connected. One is correct and the other was carried over from another entry. Just so you know, there are still a lot of amended records that either show "image not available" or appear to be connected, but are for a very early event in the 1840s. It takes time to get them all marked correctly. Sue Richart